Impact Stories

Our featured impact stories show the role of linked data in health and human services research in Australia across a broad range of topics from cancer and child protection to surgery and safety.

  • Urban greening for health

    On average, someone is hospitalised for a heart attack every 9 minutes, according to the National Heart…

  • Uncovering the extent of endometriosis

    Research is providing new insights into this crippling and hard-to-diagnose condition. Recent boosts to research funding…

  • Stopping respiratory virus spread

    During the colder months, soaring cases of respiratory viruses push hospital emergency departments around Australia to…

  • Understanding road crash injuries

    Unfortunately, thousands of Australians are injured or die in road crashes every year. Road crashes resulted…

  • Reducing the dialysis travel burden

    According to Kidney Health Australia three in four Australians are at risk of developing kidney disease.…

  • Breaking the cycle

    Data linkage is helping researchers understand the lifelong impact of child abuse and neglect, and how…

  • Bridging the gap in cancer care

    Living in Australia, there is about a one in two chance you will be diagnosed with…

  • Improving the health of older people

     When pharmaceutical companies do clinical trials, people over the age of 70 are often excluded. It’s…

  • Using big data to drive big change

    From monitoring the effectiveness of surgical interventions to AI-assisted diagnostics, researchers are seeing new ways for…

  • Warning signs in children to lifelong mental health

    Combining data from multiple agencies has helped researchers identify children at risk of developing mental disorders.…

  • Improving stroke care

    Data linkage is helping researchers learn more about what happens to patients before, during and after…

  • Health beyond bars: a data-driven approach

    Investing in the health of people released from prison can simultaneously improve their wellbeing and avoid…